Association for Theological Education
in Southeast Asiais an organisation of seminaries and other tertiary institutes of theology. It currently networks 93 member institutions and schools in 13 countries. It also acts as an accreditation agency for theological education in the South East Asian region.

ATESEA publishes the Asia Journal of Theology, provides accreditation services, operates the ATESEA Theological Union, formerly known as the South East Asia Graduate School of Theology, and promotes faculty development, theological renewal and contextualization in the light of the “Guidelines for Doing Theologies in Asia”, while coordinating regional planning in theological education.

Words from the Executive Director

In one of the ATESEA accreditation visits, an alumnus of a school narrated his story. His father was one of the victims of mass “cleansing” triggered by the seemingly unresolved interreligious conflict between the Christians and Muslims in his province.